October 2008 Archives

.......... On 11th November 1918, 90 years ago the last shot of the Great War was fired. The "War to end all wars" was over. Close to a million British and Commonwealth troops made the ultimate sacrifice, many of them dying on the fields of Flanders. To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Great War, The Royal British Legion is honouring the memory of those heroes with a unique tribute by planting a "Flanders Field" of poppies in the ground where they fell. The British Legion, (as it was then), was formed in 1921 to help the many men returning from the Great War, who found that unemployment was the legacy of the war. The Legion stepped in with financial help and vouchers for essentials, such as coal and food.
Over 85 years later the Royal British Legion are still on active duty today, for Service men and women and their dependants. Veterans of all ages look to The Legion to help. The British Legion are proud to help them in any way they can with practical, financial, and emotional support. In a few weeks time collectors will be calling on every house in the village, asking for your support so that The Legion can continue to help those who have given so much for us..........Will we remember them?

An Englefield Green householder is asking the county council to lower the speed limit of a network of roads in the village.

The resident, who asked not to be named, wrote to the authority this week to ask if the whole area could be a 30mph zone, including Priest Hill, Ridgemead Road, Castle Hill Road, Bishopsgate Road, Crimp Hill and Wick Lane.

Annoyed Egham householders are calling for action as dumped Tesco shopping trolleys continue to amass in the grounds of Royal Holloway University of London and surrounding cul-de-sacs.

Jon Beamson, of Lynwood Avenue, found 43 of them together in the Red car park of the university campus last week and a further 16 in nearby Windmill Shott and Nightingale Shott. He feels the various authorities could work together to stop the unsightly nuisance.

This is the well remembered quote from a speech made by President Franklin Roosevelt when he took office in 1933. These words reminding us that in a time of crisis the worst thing we can do is to imitate Cpl Jones of Dad's Army, and rush about in a panic, shouting, Don't Panic! But very few of us stop and consider that this sort of panic is wrong. The self preservation gene kicks in and the gadarene swine gains another eager member.Once the charge has begun it is very difficult to maintain order and get Jack back in the box. This disease can only be cured from within, as my old Granny used to say it's a boot strap job, it's like trying to stop smoking or giving up the booze, it's up to you. But you have to do the job yourself. If you want to make the world a better place, start with yourself. The alternative of doing nothing is too serious to contemplate.